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(11) EP 0 371 657 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/40

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.06.1990 Bulletin 1990/23

(21) Application number: 89311856.2

(22) Date of filing: 16.11.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01L 37/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 26.11.1988 GB 8827661

(71) Applicant: THORN EMI plc
London W1A 2AY (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sibbald, Alastair
    Maidenhead Berkshire, SL6 1XL (GB)
  • Taylor, Stanley
    Sunbury-on-Thames Middlesex, TW16 6HG (GB)
  • Chandler, Gek Kim
    Sudbury Town Middlesex, HA0 3DB (GB)

(74) Representative: Hurst, Richard Arthur Alexander et al
THORN EMI Patents Limited, Central Research Laboratories, Dawley Road
Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1HH
Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1HH (GB)


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    (54) Thermal imaging device


    (57) A thermal imaging device is described including an array of pyroelectric sensor elements 11, 12, 13. Each element 11, 12, 13 is at least partially supported by a respective pillar 15 of an intrinsic polymer material. The pillars 15 provide an electrical path between the elements 11, 12, 13 and a signal processing means 16, 18.







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